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COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Explain the art of site planning & landscape
architecture, exposition on their principles and methods of
construction.
2. Describe the ecological, social, psychological, aesthetic
& functional basis of site planning.
3. Relate the social Issues & implications of site planning.
4. To relate history & planning theories to ecology and
sustainable development.
COURSE OUTLINE
1.0 Introduction to Site Planning and Landscape Architecture
2.0 Parameters of Site Selection and Analysis
3.0 Ecological Considerations of Site:
3.1 Ground form
3.2 Soil and geology
3.3 Water Resources
3.4 Microclimate
3.5 Orientation
COURSE OUTLINE
4.0 Social and Psychological Considerations
4.1 Site Values/Social Impact
4.2 Behavior Settings
4.3 User requirements
4.4 Cultural/Historical Significance
4.5 Activity/Communication Linkages
4.6 Pertinent Laws
4.6.1 Local government ordinances
4.6.2 Land use and zoning
4.6.3 Others
COURSE OUTLINE
5.0 Aesthetic and Physical Considerations
5.1 Site Context
5.2 Image/Symbols
5.3 Sensuous Qualities
5.4 Vocabulary of space
5.4.1 Sensuous Forms
6.0 Movement Systems:
6.1 Pedestrian
6.2 Vehicular
6.3 Road layouts
COURSE OUTLINE
7.0 Site Development
8.0 Landscape Design
9.0 Concepts and Principles of Green Architecture as
applied in site planning and landscape design
10.0 Cost Factors
GRADING SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE-BASED OUTCOMES
(70% Passing Grade)
MAJEURE
DEATH OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY
SICKNESS (with MEDICAL CERTIFICATE)
FUNDAMENTALS OF SITE
PLANNING
SITE PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Presented and compiled by: Ar. DIANE A. JOSE
FACTS:
Definition of Terms:
Population total of individuals occupying an area or making up a
whole
Affluence abundant of flow or supply or property.
Source:
Site Planning and Landscape Architecture. Copyright 2009, 2002 by The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
Source:
Site Planning and Landscape Architecture. Copyright 2009, 2002 by The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
Action:
Source:
Site Planning and Landscape Architecture. Copyright 2009, 2002 by The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
Definition
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Source: Kevin Lynch, Gary Hack; Site Planning, MIT press, Cambridge 1996
SITE ELEMENTS
17
Foreground
Building area
Service area
Play area
Private area
entourage
Scope of work
18
Related Profession
19
Site
planning
is
professionally exercised
directly
by
landscape
architects, but there are
related
profession
involved
which
are
architects, urban and
regional
planners,
engineers.
On larger commissions
the landscape architect
often serve as a member
of a closely coordinated
professional team, which
includes
architects,
engineers, planners, and
scientist-advisors.
Urban
Planning
Architecture
Site
Planning
Civil
Engineering
Landscape
Architecture
Spirit of place
Character of the place
Nature of the project
Behavioral studies
Brief History
21
Sense of order
Brief History
22
Brief History
Defining the enclosure
23
A collection of independent
structures,
which
although
unattached, create a coherent
image of place
Brief History
24
Sense of order
9/3/2004
Brief History
25
Where to start?
From SITE ANALYSIS onwards
Site Planning by
Site Analysis
How to start?
PLANNING PROCESS
John Simonds
Synthesis Gap
SYNTHESIS - combining of various components into
whole: the process of combining different ideas,
influences, or objects into a new whole.
Synthesis Gap
Synthesis Gap
Development
Site Inventory
2. Analysis
Site
Analysis
3. Synthesis
Conceptual
Design
Preliminary Design
Site Plan/Master Plan
Getting started
SURVEY
Methods of Survey
Attribute
Soils
Bearing Capacity
Stability
Erodability
Fertility
Topography
Elevation
Slope
Hydrology
Surface Drainage
Aquifer recharge areas
Depth to seasonal water table
Geology
Seismic hazards
Depth to bedrock
Climate
winds
Solar access
Attribute
Vegetation
Plant communities
Specimen trees
Exotic invasive species
Wildlife
Attribute
Land Use
Legal
Land ownership
Land use regulations
Easements and deed restrictions
Utilities
Water
Electric
Sanitary sewer
Circulation
Traffic volume
Street function (e.g. arterial, collector)
Historic
Archeological sites
Sensory
Noise
Visual quality
Odors
Survey
character
Possibilities
Survey
Contour maps
Aerial photographs
Geologic info. and maps
soil and water survey
Climatological records
Ecological studies
Market reports
Traffic studies
Legal and public controlled
documents
Official proposals
Historical records
Current controversies
Survey
Geographic location
Surrounding population
Survey
geology, rock
characteristics and depth
Soil type and depth value as
an engineering medium and
as plant medium
Hills, ledges, land or rock
slides
Survey
Water
Existing
Survey
Topography
Pattern
of landform, i.e.,
rocky, ridges, ledges, sandy,
etc.
Contour, i.e., sloping, rolling,
level terrain
Slope analysis
Visibility analysis
Circulation analysis
Unique features, i.e,, bodies of
water, water falls, view, etc.
Survey
Climate
Regional data and variations of:
Temperature
and precipitation
Humidity
Solar
angle
Cloud cover
Wind direction and force
Survey
Local micro-climates:
Air
Drainage
Shade
Heat reflection
Survey
Ecology
Dominant
plant/animal
communities, location and
relative stability
Dependence on existing
factors,
self-regulation
and sensitivity to change
Tapping of general plant
cover including wooded
areas
Survey
Man-made structures
Existing
Survey
Sensuous qualities
Character
and relation of
visual spaces
Viewpoints, vistas, visual focal
points
Character and rhythm of visual
sequences
Quality and variation of light
and sound, smell and feel
Survey
Cultural Data
Residents and using population
No. and composition, i.e., male and female, age group, etc.
Social structures and institutions: tribal community, church-based
org., cultural compositions, etc.
Economic structure: depressed areas, slum, affluent, etc.
Political structure: govt. agencies, mayor, gang leader, radical
groups/MILF, MNLF, etc.
Current changes and problems
Survey
Survey
easements and
other rights
Economic values
Accepted territories, i.e.,
gang lands
Political jurisdictions, i.e.,
boundaries
Survey
Images
Group
Use of Correlation
Data Correlation
Data correlation
Data correlation
Data correlation
Comprehensive Definition
Site planning, then, is the organization of the external
physical environment to accommodate human behavior. It
deals with the qualities and locations of structures, land,
activities and living things. It creates a pattern of those
elements in space and time, which will be subject to
continuous future management and change. The technical
output - the grading plans, utility layouts, survey
locations, planting plans, sketches, diagrams, and
specifications - are simply a conventional way of
specifying this complex organization.
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